I.B.M. Ring 9

Ring Reports

12/18/00

No. 9, Atlanta, Georgia – Georgia Magic Club

3^rd Monday, 7:30 PM, Dunwoody Library, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road

JOE M. TURNER, President (jmturner@mindspring.com)
RICK SILVERSTEIN, Vice President (rick@mindspring.com)
SCOTT HORN, Secretary (g.scott.9881@worldnet.att.net)

Ring 9 Web Site: http://www.gamagicclub.com

Ring 9 President Joe M. Turner opened the December meeting of the Georgia Magic Club by welcoming our guests: Denise Thomason, Johnathan Chekrouve, and Kelsey Naschek. Rolando Santos thanked everyone in the club for their assistance on the Parade this year and for help on other articles he's written for the magic magazines. Howie Marmer gave us all a tip on where to find a great sale on formalwear, and Tommy Johns provided a tip for kidshow workers who costume kids during their shows. The current slate of officers was reelected for 2001: Joe M. Turner, President; Rick Silverstein, Vice President; Scott Horn, Secretary/Treasurer. The door prize, a pen with a card design, was donated by Scott Horn and was won by Rita Labowicz.

Our only General Magic performer this evening was Chris Labowicz, who performed a quick but very deft silk production.

Given that our annual auction was in October, our performance theme this evening was "Magic You Bought At The Auction." Walter Fields told the story of the great Rabbini, a drawing of a rabbit who amazingly identified the correct letter selected from a pack of alphabet cards. Rick Hinze performed the "Bewildering" ring and string routine, while Sherry Sponaugle produced a large number of flowers from her hubby's wallet. Paul Sponaugle followed with a card trick that seemed to follow the Ring 9 curse: at least one trick per month is going to go completely wrong. Paul kept his cool, though, and kept us all laughing right along with him. The theme magic award winner this evening was Robert Schwartz, who performed a funny routine he found in a magazine he bought at the auction. Bob had two cards selected. When the first spectator denied that Bob found his card, he got a cup of water thrown in his face. Giving the second spectator the promise that the same thing would happen again if he denied that the revelation matched the selection, Bob had to make good on his threat - the first spectator got another cup of water in the face!

It was a great night, and now we're all looking forward to our holiday banquet on January 13 and a great new millennium of magic in Atlanta. Ya'll come visit.

Joe M. Turner

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